Mimolette from Lille
May 9th 2003, 11:04 pm
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Mimolette from Lille
There was a thread recently about Mimolette, a hard cheese from Lille and I
think a question about eating the rind or not.
Today the periodic French market came to Henley-on-Thames and one of the
stalls had Mimolette so we bought some. I rather like it although I would
admit it is not as good as some Cantal we bought at the same time. There is
no question of eating the rind on the Mimolette in our view - texture like
the outside of an alligator and very dry. The "flesh" is quite red (which
possibly accounts for someone having said it was like Edam) and fairly
crumbly. The texture and taste is nothing like Edam (thank goodness).
Michael Forrest
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think a question about eating the rind or not.
Today the periodic French market came to Henley-on-Thames and one of the
stalls had Mimolette so we bought some. I rather like it although I would
admit it is not as good as some Cantal we bought at the same time. There is
no question of eating the rind on the Mimolette in our view - texture like
the outside of an alligator and very dry. The "flesh" is quite red (which
possibly accounts for someone having said it was like Edam) and fairly
crumbly. The texture and taste is nothing like Edam (thank goodness).
Michael Forrest
[email protected] - change to Friday to reply
May 10th 2003, 6:27 am
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Re: Mimolette from Lille
Forrest wrote:
>
> There was a thread recently about Mimolette, a hard cheese from Lille and I
> think a question about eating the rind or not.
>
> Today the periodic French market came to Henley-on-Thames and one of the
> stalls had Mimolette so we bought some. I rather like it although I would
> admit it is not as good as some Cantal we bought at the same time. There is
> no question of eating the rind on the Mimolette in our view - texture like
> the outside of an alligator and very dry. The "flesh" is quite red (which
> possibly accounts for someone having said it was like Edam) and fairly
> crumbly. The texture and taste is nothing like Edam (thank goodness).
I was the one who posted the question. Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
it, labelled it as "French Cheddar", and the flavour is (IMO) like a
good, sharp cheddar, although it is sold in wedges that appear to have
been part of an Edam-shaped cheese. Because it is such a very hard
cheese, I used it up melting it on things, and the rind, when melted,
actually proved edible, too.
>
> There was a thread recently about Mimolette, a hard cheese from Lille and I
> think a question about eating the rind or not.
>
> Today the periodic French market came to Henley-on-Thames and one of the
> stalls had Mimolette so we bought some. I rather like it although I would
> admit it is not as good as some Cantal we bought at the same time. There is
> no question of eating the rind on the Mimolette in our view - texture like
> the outside of an alligator and very dry. The "flesh" is quite red (which
> possibly accounts for someone having said it was like Edam) and fairly
> crumbly. The texture and taste is nothing like Edam (thank goodness).
I was the one who posted the question. Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
it, labelled it as "French Cheddar", and the flavour is (IMO) like a
good, sharp cheddar, although it is sold in wedges that appear to have
been part of an Edam-shaped cheese. Because it is such a very hard
cheese, I used it up melting it on things, and the rind, when melted,
actually proved edible, too.
May 11th 2003, 12:34 am
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Re: Mimolette from Lille
In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
> Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
>it, labelled it as "French Cheddar",
Well, that is an interesting description!
--
Marie Lewis
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
> Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
>it, labelled it as "French Cheddar",
Well, that is an interesting description!
--
Marie Lewis
May 11th 2003, 11:47 am
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Re: Mimolette from Lille
Marie Lewis wrote:
>
> In article ,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
> > Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
> >it, labelled it as "French Cheddar",
>
> Well, that is an interesting description!
I know it's not accurate, but it describes the flavour very well, and I
doubt that many people here, even those who travel, have encountered it
at its original source. Now I know what it is, I tried to buy more, but
they're out of it.
One of the sad things about that market chain - they have some wonderful
imported foodstuffs for comparatively little money, but much of it is
special purchase, so when it's gone, it's gone. A few years ago they
had some wonderful English Cheshire (which I tried because of the
Cheshire cat in "Alice in Wonderland", and liked very much).
Unfortunately, I've not seen that since, either.
>
> In article ,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
> > Trader Joe's Markets, who carry
> >it, labelled it as "French Cheddar",
>
> Well, that is an interesting description!
I know it's not accurate, but it describes the flavour very well, and I
doubt that many people here, even those who travel, have encountered it
at its original source. Now I know what it is, I tried to buy more, but
they're out of it.
One of the sad things about that market chain - they have some wonderful
imported foodstuffs for comparatively little money, but much of it is
special purchase, so when it's gone, it's gone. A few years ago they
had some wonderful English Cheshire (which I tried because of the
Cheshire cat in "Alice in Wonderland", and liked very much).
Unfortunately, I've not seen that since, either.
